From Aweber to MailChimp, there’s no shortage of email Marketing tools out there. Some are free, others require you to pay. Some are difficult to use and have steep learning curves, others are simple and user-friendly.

But there’s a new dog that wants to play the Email Marketing Software game – today, we’re going to be reviewing GetResponse – with 350,000 customers in 182 countries.

Getresponse is an Email Marketing Tool that…

Creates multi-platform emails

Automated emails

Create lush, high-converting landing pages

Create webinar marketing solutions

And more!

Aweber vs GetResponse – Review and Comparison

Today, I’m going to pair up GetResponse against another popular auto-responder: Aweber.

So, first things first: Some people complain that the tool doesn’t have 24/7 customer support over the phone. I’m not a professional marketer or mass emailer, so I don’t know how important this is.

If you run a multi-national, billion dollar industry and depend on a tool to get you leads and sales… Yeah. Not having support when things go wrong? Big problem.

It wasn’t so big a problem for TopTenReviews, who gave it the Excellence Badge for 2016.

(You should now, though, that GR live chat support is 24/7.)

This professional auto-responder tool, according to ShoutMeLoud, GetResponse should be one of the first options you use when creating autoresponders.

What makes GR different from other ARs like Aweber? Both send email newsletters out to lists. Both host your mailing lists. Both automate communications. Pretty much the same tool, right?

The Difference is in the Cost

Until it comes to pricing (from StyleFactory):

GetResponse Pricing:

Up to 1,000 subscribers: $15 ('Email) / $49 ('Pro') / $165 ('Max).

1,001 to 2,500 subscribers: $25 / $49 / $165

2,501 to 5,000 subscribers: $45 / $49 / $165

5,001 to 10,000 subscribers: $65 / $75 / $ 165

10,001 to 25,000 subscribers: $145 / $165 / $255

25,001 to 50,000 subscribers: $250 / $280 / $370

50,001 to 100,000 subscribers: $450 / $490 / $580

Aweber Pricing:

Up to 500 subscribers: $19 per month

501 to 2,500 subscribers: $29 per month

2,501 to 5,000 subscribers: $49 per month

5,001 to 10,000 subscribers: $69 per month

10,001 to 25,000 subscribers: $149 per month

Clearly, GetResponse is more cost effective than Aweber. But does that make it the Best Marketing Tool?

Let’s keep digging. (I’d talk about templates – but as it deals with visuals and ‘looks’, this area’s completely subjective and up to each user.)

Painless Integration

In the integration of third party sites… GetResponse falls short, compared to Aweber. Both let you integrate with PayPal and the like – but Aweber makes the process flow more smoothly. Like water.

For the less technically minded, Aweber comes on top in this area largely due to GR’s integration process requiring a Zapier “zap”. Why take one extra step for a service when another tool cuts out this step?

But, GR more than makes up for it when it comes to a/b split tests – you can test up to FIVE different parts of e-newsletters (and the like).